Thursday, February 8, 2018

Energy News Digest for February 8, 2018

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS



HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Pend Oreille PUD & Ponderay Newsprint Company Agree to End All Litigation (Pend Oreille PUD, Newport, WA)

Feds Loan $48 Million for Six Oregon Solar Energy Projects (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)

Rural Areas Feeling Left Behind in Race to Expand Broadband (Roll Call)

Clark County Residents Use More Water than U-S Average (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Washington State Republican Leadership Unimpressed with Scaled Back Version of Governor’s Carbon Tax (Washington State Wire, Olympia)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Pend Oreille PUD & Ponderay Newsprint Company Agree to End All Litigation
  • Court: Idaho Nuclear Waste Documents Won’t Be Made Public
  • Jefferson PUD: Public Schools, Low-Income Residents Get Break in Final Electrical Rate Hikes
  • Columnist: How Portland General Electric Is Stabbing Oregon’s Climate Policy Efforts in the Back
  • Bonneville Power Administration Releases 2018 Financial Plan
  • Energy Regulators Consider Calling Nuclear Power ‘Clean’ Energy, Boosting Other Goals
  • Future U-S Electricity Generation Mix Will Depend Largely on Natural Gas Prices
  • Missouri Senate Endures Filibuster on Utility Rate Regulation Bill
  • News Release: WAPA Targeted – U-S House Passes Bill to Increase Transparency of Utility Rates for American Taxpayers
  • Flume Doom? Tennessee Valley Authority Repair Work Begins on Century-Old Hydropower Flume on Ocoee River
  • Washington State Wildlife Officials Seek Comment on Endangered Species
  • Op/Ed: A Healthy River Ecosystem Can Restore Salmon Better & More Cheaply
  • Feds Loan $48 Million for Six Oregon Solar Energy Projects
  • In Golden State’s Solar Boom, a Tale of ‘Two Californias’
  • China Wants Compensation for U-S Solar Panel Tariffs as Industry Braces for Job Losses
  • Are Damless Hydro Power Plants the Future of Electricity?
  • Rural Areas Feeling Left Behind in Race to Expand Broadband
  • Today’s Rural News in Three Words: Broadband, Broadband, & Broadband
  • How Some Cities Are Attracting 5G Investments Ahead of Others
  • Of Course a Mystery Website Attacking City-Run Broadband Was Run by an ISP
  • To Power the Future, Carmakers Flip On 48-Volt Systems
  • Clark County Residents Use More Water than U-S Average
  • Will There Be Water for Washington State Irrigation This Year? Forecasters Wary, But Hopeful
  • Water Forecast Is Bleak for Major Reservoir in Southwest US
  • Washington State Republican Leadership Unimpressed with Scaled Back Version of Governor’s Carbon Tax
  • U-S Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Expected to Rise Slightly in 2018, Remain Flat in 2019
  • Idaho Stripped Climate Change From School Guidelines. Now, It’s a Battle.
  • Why Twitter Is Now Profitable For the First Time Ever
  • Three Lessons Brands Can Learn from the Emerging Cannabis Industry
  • There Are 157 New Emojis. These Are Actually Useful.
  • Marijuana Growers Say Computer Glitch with Washington State Could Put Them Out of Business
  • Oregon Audit Takes Regulators to Task for Failing to Monitor Marijuana Industry
  • Glitch in Washington State’s Motor-Voter Program Prevented Thousands from Being Registered to Vote
  • Seattle City Light Paid $375,000 to Settle Discrimination Complaints
  • This Is What Climate Change Looks Like in the State Senate
  • Brief Thursday Morning Lockdown Lifted at Bordeaux Elementary School in Shelton
  • State Patrol: Thieves Take $400,000 in Diamonds in Seattle Heist
  • Shelton Commissioner McDowell Vows to Stay in Office
  • Chelan County to Restrict Vacation Rental Homes
  • Port of Shelton is an Engine for Economic Development in Mason County
  • Shelton Native, Mason PUD 3 Employee Bradley Hanson Named Western Indoor Soccer League Player of the Week
  • Two Moms File Police Report after Daycare Waxes Their Children’s Eyebrows
WORD OF THE DAY


Cabal • \kuh-BAHL\ • noun – The artifices & intrigues of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government); also: a group engaged in such artifices & intrigues 2: club, group

The “Lord of the Rings” fanboys were aghast. It wasn’t until it was too late that they discovered an anti-Gandalf cabal of Saruman clones embedded of their role-playing community. “The White Wizard takes your game piece,” crowed the leader of the renegade group, reaching forth his “Cheetos”-stained fingers to snatch the small, collector’s edition statue of the Gray Wizard from the game board.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Pend Oreille PUD & Ponderay Newsprint Company Agree to End All Litigation (Pend Oreille PUD, Newport, WA)

Court: Idaho Nuclear Waste Documents Won’t Be Made Public (Associated Press)

Jefferson PUD: Public Schools, Low-Income Residents Get Break in Final Electrical Rate Hikes (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Columnist: How Portland General Electric Is Stabbing Oregon’s Climate Policy Efforts in the Back (Sightline Institute)

Bonneville Power Administration Releases 2018 Financial Plan (Bonneville Power Administration)

Energy Regulators Consider Calling Nuclear Power ‘Clean’ Energy, Boosting Other Goals (Arizona Republic, Phoenix)

Future U-S Electricity Generation Mix Will Depend Largely on Natural Gas Prices (U-S Energy Information Administration)

Missouri Senate Endures Filibuster on Utility Rate Regulation Bill (Associated Press)

News Release: WAPA Targeted – U-S House Passes Bill to Increase Transparency of Utility Rates for American Taxpayers (U-S House Natural Resources Committee)

Flume Doom? Tennessee Valley Authority Repair Work Begins on Century-Old Hydropower Flume on Ocoee River (USA Today)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Washington State Wildlife Officials Seek Comment on Endangered Species (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Op/Ed: A Healthy River Ecosystem Can Restore Salmon Better & More Cheaply (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Feds Loan $48 Million for Six Oregon Solar Energy Projects (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)

In Golden State’s Solar Boom, a Tale of ‘Two Californias’ (Christian Science Monitor)

China Wants Compensation for U-S Solar Panel Tariffs as Industry Braces for Job Losses (Utility Dive)

Are Damless Hydro Power Plants the Future of Electricity? (AZO Clean Tech)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Rural Areas Feeling Left Behind in Race to Expand Broadband (Roll Call)

Today’s Rural News in Three Words: Broadband, Broadband, & Broadband (The Daily Yonder)

How Some Cities Are Attracting 5G Investments Ahead of Others (Washington Post)

Of Course a Mystery Website Attacking City-Run Broadband Was Run by an ISP (The Register)

I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC

To Power the Future, Carmakers Flip On 48-Volt Systems (NY Times)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Clark County Residents Use More Water than U-S Average (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Will There Be Water for Washington State Irrigation This Year? Forecasters Wary, But Hopeful (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

Water Forecast Is Bleak for Major Reservoir in Southwest US (Courthouse News Service)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington State Republican Leadership Unimpressed with Scaled Back Version of Governor’s Carbon Tax (Washington State Wire, Olympia)

U-S Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Expected to Rise Slightly in 2018, Remain Flat in 2019 (U-S Energy Information Administration)

Idaho Stripped Climate Change From School Guidelines. Now, It’s a Battle. (NY Times)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

Why Twitter Is Now Profitable For the First Time Ever (Washington Post)

Three Lessons Brands Can Learn from the Emerging Cannabis Industry (AdWeek)

There Are 157 New Emojis. These Are Actually Useful. (Slate Magazine)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Growers Say Computer Glitch with Washington State Could Put Them Out of Business (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Oregon Audit Takes Regulators to Task for Failing to Monitor Marijuana Industry (Oregonian, Portland)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Glitch in Washington State’s Motor-Voter Program Prevented Thousands from Being Registered to Vote (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

Seattle City Light Paid $375,000 to Settle Discrimination Complaints (Crosscut Seattle)

This Is What Climate Change Looks Like in the State Senate (Everett Herald, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Brief Thursday Morning Lockdown Lifted at Bordeaux Elementary School in Shelton (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

State Patrol: Thieves Take $400,000 in Diamonds in Seattle Heist (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

Shelton Commissioner McDowell Vows to Stay in Office (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Chelan County to Restrict Vacation Rental Homes (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)

Port of Shelton is an Engine for Economic Development in Mason County (Thurston Talks)

Shelton Native, Mason PUD 3 Employee Bradley Hanson Named Western Indoor Soccer League Player of the Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Two Moms File Police Report after Daycare Waxes Their Children’s Eyebrows (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Yet Again, Bigfoot Eludes State Recognition

Massachusetts High Court: Do You Know This Justice?

Give Me a Toy: Florida Boy Gets Trapped in Vending Machine

Space Sports Car Now Flying toward Asteroid Belt beyond Mars

SONGS OF THE DAY

David Bowie – Space Oddity

Elton John - Rocket Man

William Shatner – Rocket Man

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